REUTERS: Apple Inc’s stock hit a record high on Friday after reporting blockbuster quarterly results, helping the iPhone maker briefly overtake Saudi Aramco to become the world’s most valuable publicly listed company. Apple’s stock surged to as high as US$412.22 a share, putting its market capitalisation at US$1.762 trillion, according […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was preparing an order requiring the fast-growing social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent firm on national security grounds, media reports said on Friday (Jul 31). The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported Trump was set to order the sale of TikTok’s […]
REUTERS: Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a podcast released on Friday that demand for the company’s electric vehicles remained strong throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with consumers preferring to shop online. Musk, talking to Automotive News’ Daily Drive podcast, said having a traditional dealer network – something he […]
BERLIN: Benedikt Hoewedes, a German World Cup winner, said on Friday that he is retiring aged 32 for family reasons. He made 44 appearances for Germany at centre-back and full-back and played every minute on the way to triumph in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He played more than […]
ROME: Victor Osimhen has signed for Napoli after the Serie A side splashed out a club record fee of up to €80 million (US$94.6 million) to sign the Nigeria forward from French outfit Lille. A source from Lille who was familiar with the transfer had told AFP that the Ligue […]
REUTERS: MotoGP races in Argentina, Thailand and Malaysia this year have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but one more race will be added to the calendar and will be held in Europe in November, MotoGP announced on Friday. A number of races have been axed this season due […]
TOKYO: Tokyo’s new Olympic Stadium will host its first track and field meeting on 23 Aug 23, exactly two weeks after the 2020 Games’ athletics were due to end, World Athletics announced on Friday (Jul 31). The field will be largely made up of Japanese or Japan-based athletes. “Given the […]
GENEVA: The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday (Jul 31). “The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come,” Tedros […]
NEW YORK: US Open organizers say they are confident in safety plans a month ahead of the Grand Slam tennis event in New York even as US COVID-19 outbreaks increase. The US Tennis Association (USTA) said Friday it “continues its plans to stage the US Open” as well as an […]
German manufacturer OHB-System has signed a €445m (£400m) contract to begin construction of a satellite network to monitor carbon dioxide. The CO2M constellation will consist in the first instance of two spacecraft, but there is an option for a third. The platforms will track the greenhouse gas across the globe, […]